One of the best extreme metal bands of recent years, Denver’s Blood Incantation have shown a knack for instrumental music that culminated in 2021’s entirely ambient EP Timewave Zero. But my favourite of the band’s instrumental tracks is their extremely cosmic Inner Paths (To Outer Space), taken from the stellar 2019 album Hidden History Of The Human Race. A rare example of an instrumental being an album highlight and choice for lead single, Inner Paths (To Outer Space) skews a bit mellow, as metal instrumentals often do, but builds up from the ambient opening and hypnotic prog guitar to a properly brutal death metal climax. It’s the most immediately enjoyable and memorable song on a challenging, intense record. A short guest vocal from Demilich’s inimitably guttural Antti Boman almost stops this being classed as an instrumental but he’s not singing any words, let’s face it! Not ones known to humans anyway.
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Another grand choice! May I add Michael Schenker Group ‘Captain Nemo’ cuz It’s probably my favorite instrumental all-time!
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That’s a brilliant choice! Schenker rules!
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Thanks! Old school!
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That was way out there, I like it.
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I enjoyed this, good vid too.
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Yeah it’s fun. They did similar videos for the whole ambient EP too.
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That sounds like my sort of thing. Do you know Locrian? They do lots of that stuff too.
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No, never heard of them. I’ll look them up
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